Shlomit Nir

Shlomit Nir (; also "Nir-Toor"; born November 7, 1952) is an Israeli former Olympic swimmer.

Early and personal life Nir was born and raised on a kibbutz in Tiberias, HaTzafon, Israel. Her grandparents left Ukraine to start a kibbutz, which is where her father was born. Her brother was killed while fighting as a soldier in the Sinai in 1969.

1968 Olympics Nir competed for Israel at the 1968 Summer Olympics, at the age of 15, in Mexico City.

The following day, German authorities took Nir, who had been staying in another building, and the remaining Israeli team members and coaches to the ninth floor of the building. From a window, Nir watched as two helicopters landed on the Olympic Village lawn. The helicopters were supposed to take the terrorists and the Israeli hostages to Fürstenfeldbruck Air Base, and from there they were to fly to Cairo. I would always be running, and terrorists with masks were chasing me."

Since the 1972 Munich Games, Nir has regularly attended commemorations for the killed athletes and met with fellow survivors.